Michelle Pfeiffer Describes Awkward Blind Date Where She Met Husband David E. Kelley: ‘I Did a Bad Thing’

Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley have been married for 30 years, but their beginning was not exactly a fairy tale!

The actress and founder of Henry Rose (65) talked about the first time she met her husband on an awkward blind date during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show.

“Is it true that when you met your husband, they set you up on a blind date and you actually thought maybe he and your sister would be a good match?” Drew Barrymore asked.

“I did—well, only because he didn’t talk to me [on the date]. And I kind of did a bad thing,” Pfeiffer said.

According to Batman returns star, the date was supposed to be a one-on-one date, “but I decided to make it a group date. I still don’t know why that was a bad idea.”

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David E. Kelley and Michelle Pfeiffer circa 1995 Kypros/Getty Michelle Pfeiffer explains why she would never work with husband David E. Kelley: ‘It’s too risky’

Pfeiffer said she “was worried” and that the date “didn’t go well.” As she explained, “We were in this restaurant and there were eight of us, and somehow [David] ended up sitting across from my sister and I ended up sitting across from his best friend.”

“We didn’t talk all night and then he left early to go to another party and I was like, ‘Okay, it went well,'” Pfeiffer recalled.

But it all worked out in the end. “He finally called me two days later – that wasn’t right either. He called and we ended up talking on the phone for an hour, and it just flew by [from] that,” she said.

Pfeiffer and Kelley, 67, celebrated “30 years of bliss” in November. The actress marked their marriage milestone by posting a rare photo with her husband on Instagram.

David E. Kelley and Michelle Pfeiffer. Monica Schipper/Getty Michelle Pfeiffer says her husband used a story about their children’s head lice in one of his shows

At the time of their meeting, Pfeiffer was already in the process of adopting her daughter Claudia. She and Kelley, a longtime TV creator and producer, had only been dating for about two months when she brought Claudia home.

“So we immediately had this kid with us, and most people don’t have that. But I really had to see it [David] in a situation that would surely separate the boys from the men. He’s obviously really risen to the occasion,” Pfeiffer said Good housekeeping 2007. “We both saw each other as parents before we progressed in our relationship together and, in a strange way, that took the pressure off, as a couple.”

She continued: “It was perfectly timed. I mean, it’s a real testament to the kind of person she is, but also the fact that sometimes the traditional way of doing things isn’t always the best.”

The couple married in November 1993, and Kelley officially adopted Claudia that same year. The following year they had a son, John Henry.

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